Our homeboys at TCU take on LSU at the newly named AT&T Stadium  but well always affectionately call it Jerry World. Frogs vs. Tigers should be such a good game that you wont care about the stadiums new bag policy. 8 p.m. Saturday at AT&T Stadium, Arlington. Standing room only tickets, which are $30, are the only ones available. stadium.dallascowboys.com

Shipping and Receiving grand opening

Fort Worths newest live-music venue and bar  in the Near Southside  celebrates its grand opening all weekend long with music from some of DFWs best. Fridays highlights include the Orbans and the Will Callers; Calhoun plays Saturday; and Sally Majestic, My Wooden Leg and more on Sunday, along with a fund-raiser for the North Texas Time Bank (a time bank is an initiative to get locals to trade an hour of service in something youre skilled at in exchange for the same from someone else, so cooking, lawn care, massage, pet care, computer skills and more). The time bank fund-raiser also features a pop-up art gallery, food trucks, stilt walkers from Amphibian Stage Productions and more. The fund-raiser runs 4 p.m.-midnight Sunday at Shipping and Receiving in the Supreme Golf Warehouse, 201 S. Calhoun St, Fort Worth. Free. Info at www.facebook.com/thebaronthenearsouthside; www.northtexastimebank.org.

Ferris Buellers Day Off

Say, did you see that the house that belonged to Camerons dad in the movie is up for sale, again? Maybe expensive cars keep going out the garage the wrong way. Check out Matthew Broderick in one of director John Hughes great 80s films, screening at 7 p.m. Friday at the Palace Arts Center, 300 S. Main St., Grapevine. $5. 817-410-3100; www.grapevinetexasusa.com

Bedford Blues & BBQ Labor Day Weekend Festival

The annual event keeps changing the name, but the three Bs always remain: barbecue, blues and Bedford. The weekend headliners include Jimmie Vaughan and Buddy Guy; and on Friday, its the Journey tribute band Escape. 6-10 p.m. Friday, 2-10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in a field at 1951 L. Don Dodson Drive, Bedford. $5 per day at gate; parking is $10-$20 (festival passes and parking passes available). www.bedfordbluesbbq.com

Mega-fest Women of Purpose Concert

The Rev. T.D. Jakes event is happening all weekend at the Dallas Convention Center and other venues, with a comedy showcase, speakers, kids events and more. But one event to keep an eye on is a concert hosted by Steve Harvey and featuring Jennifer Hudson, Babyface, Brandy, Mary Mary and others, 8 p.m. Saturday at American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Lane, Dallas. $63.50-$253.50. 800-745-3000; www.mega-fest.com or www.ticketmaster.com

Steely Dan

The jazz/rock band has been around longer than youve been alive, and it still sounds amazeballs. The Mood Swings tour brings the band to town, 7 p.m. Saturday at Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie. $39.50-$99.50. 800-745-3000; www.ticketmaster.com

Brew-ology: The Science and History of Beer

The Fort Worth Museum of Science and Historys PUBlic Knowledge series kicks off the fall season (the temperatures dont reflect that, but the post-Labor Day date does) with a lecture on the process of brewing. 7 p.m. Tuesday at T&P Tavern, 221 W. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth. So, you can drink beer as you learn about it. Win-win. The lecture is free. Triple win. 817-255-9540; www.fwmuseum.org

Pentatonix and Tim Halperin

These two local-acts-done-good hit the Metroplex within a week of each other. First up is Pentatonix, the a cappella quintet  founded by Arlington Martin High grads  that won NBCs The Sing-Off two years ago. It has been steadily putting out terrific, clever YouTube videos such as Evolution of Music. This weekend, their considerable talents come back to Arlington. 8 p.m. Saturday, Levitt Pavilion, Arlington. levittpavilionarlington.org. Another avid YouTuber is former American Idol contestant/unofficial TCU ambassador Tim Halperin, who will play the Aardvark with the Marshall Young Band. 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5. The Aardvark, 2905 W. Berry St., Fort Worth. 817-926-7814; www.the-aardvark.com

Godfrey

Since MTV is back in the news, remember the I Love the [decade] series? He was the funniest commentator on those. Oh, wait, that was VH1. Still funny. And headed to DFW. 8 and 10:30 p.m. Friday; 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday; 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Addison Improv, 4980 Belt Line Road, Suite 250, Dallas. $15-$25. 972-404-8501; www.improv.com

Backstreet Boys

Whoa, a ticket to see the reunion of the 90s boy band can cost you as much as $275. Someones really banking on their fans having made some serious bank. Pauly D from Jersey Shore deejays. 7 p.m. Friday at Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie. $36.50-$275. 800-745-3000; www.ticketmaster.com

TexFest

Presented by the USA Film Festival and the Texas Association of Film & Tape Professionals, the event has feature and short films by Texas filmmakers including Jon Keeyes and Matthew Thompkins Nightmare Box. 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, at Angelika Film Center & Cafe, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 230, Dallas. $10 at door. usafilmfestival.com; 214-821-6300.

Tom Reynolds and Paul Unger

Hear jazz, bossa nova, standards and blues to kick off the Labor Day Weekend from these two local favorites. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday[ aug30] at the Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth. 817-332-8451; www.kimbellart.org

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